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Kashmir violence kills 4 in family
Nov 5 2006 11:44PM (CT)
JAMMU, India (AP) - Four members of a family and two suspected Islamic militants were killed in separate incidents Sunday in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, police said.
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S. Korea, Japan pledge to work with U.S.
Nov 5 2006 11:36PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - South Korea and Japan pledged Sunday to coordinate closely with the United States over the resumption of long-delayed negotiations on North Korea's nuclear program, officials said.
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Pakistan offers to fence Afghan border
Nov 5 2006 11:32PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan, under international pressure to stop militants from crossing over its border with Afghanistan, said Sunday it was willing to fence off the frontier.
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China, Africa pledge closer ties, trade
Nov 5 2006 10:40PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China and Africa showed the potential of their burgeoning partnership Sunday, closing out a landmark summit by announcing hefty business deals while rebuffing criticism that their relationship soft-pedals human rights concerns.
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Nepal rebels make deal to lock up arms
Nov 5 2006 10:35PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - The leader of Nepal's communist rebels said they have made significant progress in peace talks with the government and have informally agreed to lock up weapons under United Nations supervision.
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Taiwanese president refuses to resign
Nov 5 2006 6:28PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's president refused to resign on Sunday and denied allegations that he and his wife had embezzled public money. But the opposition did not buy his defense and prepared to launch a new campaign to remove him from office.
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Western firms doing business in N. Korea
Nov 5 2006 6:15PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - In the midst of tensions over North Korea's nuclear program, a Western company is there searching for oil. Another just bought a bank.
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Pakistan opposition rebuts strike claims
Nov 5 2006 6:07PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Almost all of the 80 victims of last week's air strike on an Islamic school in a tribal region near the Afghan border were children or teenagers, the country's largest Islamic opposition party reported Sunday.
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Blasts kill 8, wound 20 in India
Nov 5 2006 1:55PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Two blasts killed at least eight people and wounded 20 in India's remote northeast on Sunday, police said.
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India's fabled bandits are disappearing
Nov 5 2006 12:35PM (CT)
ETAWAH, India (AP) - On a rainy afternoon, just a few days into the monsoon season, a tired lawyer with thinning hair stood on the courthouse verandah, wiping away sweat with a rumpled handkerchief and wondering if business could, after so many years, be turning bad.
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Tamil Tigers free 22 underage recruits
Nov 5 2006 1:49AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, widely accused of forcibly recruiting child soldiers, said they released 22 underage recruits who lied about their age to join the separatist campaign.
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Nuclear debate splits Japanese lawmakers
Nov 5 2006 1:39AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Top Japanese lawmakers squabbled Sunday over whether to debate acquiring nuclear weapons as a deterrent against North Korea, exposing widening cracks within Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party.
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